Entry № 1943 · Old Germanic origin

Plectrude Plectrude — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PLEK-trood /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Old Germanic

Meaning

"Frankish queen (Pippin's widow)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Germanic)

The meaning

A name that means "frankish queen (pippin's widow)".

Plectrude (c. 650-c. 718) combines the Old German blank (white, shining) and trūt (strong). The Frankish noblewoman and **wife of Pepin II of Herstal** — after his death she briefly ruled the kingdom and clashed with her stepson Charles Martel, Charlemagne's grandfather.

Buried in Cologne.

Frankish queen. Pepin II's widow who clashed with Charles Martel.

Popularity

Where Plectrude stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Plectrude · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Plectrudes before her.

Real people

Plectrude

Frankish queen, wife of Pepin II.

c. 650 – c. 718

In fiction

Plectrude

Heroine of Amélie Nothomb's Robert des noms propres.

2002

Names connected to Plectrude.

Numerology

The number behind Plectrude.

The Humanitarian

Plectrude reduces to nine — the number of Frankish queen.

Parents on Plectrude

Why families chose this name.

"Pepin II's widow. Nine letters. Plectrude."

Catherine · Mother of one · Cologne